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Teachers, students return from presidential inauguration

OMAHA, Neb. -

A University of Nebraska-Omaha professor and dozens of Omaha teachers and students attended President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Dr. Omowale Akintunde and 50 metro teachers and students returned Wednesday morning from Washington D.C. Teachers Ryan and Dana Barker said they've learned lessons they will bring back to Lewis Central and Minne Lusa Elementary.

"We have a responsibility to keep this moving and to move this country forward. This has been amazing,” Dana said.

Leon Gordon, 13, said it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“It was wonderful. I mean just to be there, and in D.C., the nation’s capital, and then to go to the inauguration of the first African-American president. We can see history in the making,” Gordon said.

Akintunde organized the trip for the second time.

“Here, we saw people dismiss race as a determinative factor in our lives and overcoming those kinds of odds,” Akintunde said.

Akintunde documented the entire trip. He plans to show the documentary, which focuses on young people and students in the community, in mid-April.

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